| Issue | #83 |
| Published | August 1962 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in June 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Thor; Kronans |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Joe Sinnott |
| Reprinted | in Mighty Thor, The [Golden Book and Record Set] (Marvel, 1966 series) #[nn] (1966); in Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1974 series) #[nn] (1974); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 (1991); in Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #450 (August 1992); in Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) #[nn] (1997); in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003); in Thor Giant-Size Finale (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (January 2010); in Thor: First Thunder (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (September 2010); in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010) |
| Characters | Thor [Donald Blake] (introduction, origin); Gorr; Kronans; Korg |
| Synopsis | A lame doctor vacationing in Norway runs across an alien invasion. While hiding from the aliens in a cave he finds an old cane that transforms him into the god Thor. Thor drives back the alien invasion. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Joe Sinnott |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | This is the first Thor story published by Marvel. This story is divided into three parts: an untitled part one (5 pp), part two—"The Power of Thor!" (5 pp) and part three—"Thor the Mighty Strikes Back!"(3 pp). Job number from the Golden Record reprint (was incorrectly listed as V-788; changed 2008-08-18). The story is expanded and retold in Thor: First Thunder (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Tales Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (1964); in Mighty Thor, The [Golden Book and Record Set] (Marvel, 1966 series) #[nn] (1966); in Fantastic! (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1967 series) #1 (18 February 1967); in Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #158 (November 1968); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #1 (April 1971) [as "Gli uomini di pietra", Italian translation]; in Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1974 series) #[nn] (1974); in Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #432 (May 1991); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 (1991); in Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) #[nn] (1997); in Fantastic Firsts (Marvel, 1999 series) #[nn] (1999); in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003); in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #7 (2003); in Thor Giant-Size Finale (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (January 2010); in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn]; in Thor: First Thunder (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 [part one] (September 2010); in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010) |
| Characters | Chauncey; Zeke; Muscles Magee |
| Synopsis | A scrawny man is given a magic candy bar that confers great strength, but he discovers that he already posesses more strength than he suspects. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Joe Maneely |
| Inks | Joe Maneely |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. The first page of this story is printed between the pages of the Thor story, while the second page is printed between the two back-up stories. |
| Reprinted | from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #54 (October 1956) |
| Synopsis | A crook tries to kill and rob a man by pushing him off a cliff, but finds that he is a flying man from Mercury. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Notes | Script credit is from The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky. |
| Synopsis | A lion is given superhuman intelligence by a nuclear test. It plans to attack humanity, but quickly loses its enhanced intelligence. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Letters | Artie Simek ? |
| Notes | This story is a retelling of "I Am...Gorilla!" drawn by Paul Reinman in Strange Worlds (Marvel, 1958 series) #5 (August 1959). Job number from Tom Lammers' index. This number was originally on the first story; but verified that it is on this sequence instead (2008-08-18). Script and Letters credit is from The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky. |